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Man Wearing Only Cherry Tomatoes In Store Arrested On Suspicion Of Burglary

Ripe cherry tomatoes hang from a tree at Disney World's Epcot Land Pavillion in Orlando, Florida, April 10, 2008. The Land Pavilion which opened in 1982 and prominently features different hydroponic techniques grows a variety of vegetables for use in Epcot restaurants. Hydroponics were developed over the ages around the world as an alternative growing system in which plants require a nutrient solution and no soil. Disney World is reportedly the most visited and largest recreational resort in the world, containing four theme parks, two water parks, twenty-three themed hotels, and numerous shopping, dining, entertainment and recreation venues. Disney World opened on October 1, 1971. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

File photo of cherry tomatoes. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

SEATTLE (CBS Seattle) — A wheelchair-bound man was arrested on suspicion of shoplifting after grocery store owners and police discovered the man eating food he had not paid for in the produce section – and wearing nothing more than a few spilled cherry tomatoes on his genitals.

KOMO-TV is reporting that store owners of a local QFC called police around 6:20 a.m. last Friday after the man, who was not named, caused a disturbance.

When police arrived on the scene, they found the man seated in his wheelchair in the produce aisle eating cherry tomatoes out of a container. Some of the tomatoes had fallen into his lap and onto his crotch, providing him some modesty, as he was otherwise naked.

Cherry tomatoes were also reportedly found all over the floor surrounding the wheelchair.

The man is said to be known to local authorities for stealing in the past from other nearby stores, as well as for trespassing.

Police arrested him and took him to the King County Jail to investigate whether or not he had burglarized the establishment on the date of the most recent incident. However, a search of the man only produced one frozen breakfast sandwich.

A police report obtained by KOMO-TV indicated that the man entered the store knowing he was not allowed inside after his previous trespassing crime, and that he was there with the intent to commit a crime.